Delaware Code
Subchapter II. Jurisdiction and Powers
§ 202. Limitations on jurisdiction of Commission.

(a) Except insofar as may be necessary to implement §§ 203A and 203B of this title regarding the establishment and administration of retail electric service territories, and except as may be necessary to implement § 203C and § 203D of this title regarding the issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity for water and wastewater utilities, and the review authorized under § 122 of Title 16, the Commission shall not have any supervision or regulation over any public utility, or over the rates, property, property rights, equipment, facilities or franchises of any public utility that is municipally-owned or over any municipal electric company formed pursuant to Chapter 13 of Title 22.
(b) Except as may be necessary to implement §§ 203C and 203D of this title regarding the issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity for water and wastewater utilities, and the review authorized under § 122 of Title 16, the Commission shall not have any jurisdiction over any public utility, water or wastewater district or water or wastewater authority created and operated pursuant to Title 9 and Title 16.
(c) The Commission shall have no jurisdiction over the operation of telephone service provided by cellular technology or by domestic public land mobile radio service or over the rates to be charged for such service or over property, property rights, equipment or facilities employed in such service.
(d) [Repealed.]
(e) Any building owner, engaged in a principal business which does not involve the provision of utility services, providing steam heat or refrigeration chilled water to a nonprofit entity occupying a building located in close proximity to the owner's building, shall not be considered a public utility.
(f) Except insofar as may be necessary to implement Chapter 10 of this title regarding the establishment of retail competition, the Commission shall have no supervision or regulation over any electric supplier.
(g) Except as provided in § 224 of this title, the Commission shall have no supervision or regulation over any electric cooperative the membership of which has voted to be exempt from regulation by the Commission in accordance with § 223 of this title.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, the Commission shall not have any supervisory or regulatory authority over wastewater utilities serving fewer than 50 customers in the aggregate.
(i) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Commission shall have no jurisdiction or regulatory authority over Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) service, as defined in paragraph (i)(2) of this section, or IP-enabled service, as defined in paragraph (i)(3) of this section, including but not limited to, the imposition of regulatory fees, certification requirements, rates, terms or other conditions of service.
(2) “Voice over Internet Protocol service” or “VoIP service” means any service that:

a. Enables real-time 2-way voice communications that originate or terminate from the user's location in Internet protocol or any successor protocol; and
b. Utilizes a broadband connection from the user's location.
(3) “Internet protocol-enabled service” or “IP-enabled service” means a service, capability, functionality or application provided using Internet protocol, or any successor protocol, that enables an end user to send or receive a communication in Internet protocol format or any successor format, regardless of whether the communication is voice, data or video.
(4) Nothing herein shall be construed to either mandate or prohibit the assessment of Enhanced 911 fees pursuant to Chapter 101 of Title 16 on VoIP service, or to mandate or prohibit the payment of any switched network access rates or other intercarrier compensation rates that may be determined to apply.

Structure Delaware Code

Delaware Code

Title 26 - Public Utilities

Chapter 1. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Subchapter II. Jurisdiction and Powers

§ 201. General jurisdiction and powers.

§ 202. Limitations on jurisdiction of Commission.

§ 203.

§ 203A. Certificate of public convenience and necessity; abandonment or discontinuance of business, operations or service.

§ 203B. Service territories for electric utilities.

§ 203C. Certificates of public convenience and necessity for water utilities.

§ 203D. Certificates of public convenience and necessity for wastewater utilities.

§ 203E. Certificate of public convenience and necessity for new electric transmission utilities.

§ 204. Extension of utilities' facilities.

§ 205. Reports by public utilities.

§ 206. Investigations.

§ 207. Access to, inspection and examination of utility's property, records, etc.

§ 208. Books, records, accounts, systems of accounts, etc. of utility.

§ 209. Standards, classifications, regulations, practices, measurements, services, property and equipment of public utility.

§ 210. Standards for measurement of supply of product; examinations and tests of product.

§ 211. Meters and measuring appliances.

§ 212. Compliance with laws, ordinances and charter.

§ 213. Notice and report of accidents; disclosure; admissibility as evidence.

§ 214. Joint investigations, hearings and orders; cooperation with agencies of other states or of the United States.

§ 215. Merger, mortgage or transfer of property; issuance of securities; assumption of obligation of another; transfer of control; exceptions.

§ 216. Free passes, franks, products or services.

§ 217. Compliance with Commission's orders; penalty.

§ 218. Violations and penalties.

§ 220. Telecommunications service for persons who have deafness, hearing loss or speech disabilities for wireline communications service and devices.

§ 221. Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Committee.

§ 222. Exemption from criminal and civil liability.

§ 223. Electric cooperative's election to be exempt from regulation.

§ 224. Regulations governing exempt electric cooperatives.

§ 225. Lead paint on outdoor structures.